Swimming-glove



M. SCHREINER.

SWIMMING GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1920.

1,371,708. Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

A TTORA/E Y8 UNITED STATES MAJRICEL S CHR-EINER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SWIMMING-GLOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

Application filed June 12, 1920. Serial No. 388,452.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAROEL Sciiim ivnii, citizen of the United -States, and resident of New York, in the county of New-York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swimmin -Gloves, of which the following is a spec' cation.

The main object of this invention 18 to I provide a glove by means of which one may, when swimming, vary at will the crosssectional area of the surface of his hands which is active in moving his body through the water, and thereby allow h1m to corres ondingly vary his speed of swimming. nother object of the invention is the provision of such a glove which is simple in construction and inexpensive m cost of manufacture on a large commercial scale.

Still another object is the provis on of a glove having separate web members which may be at will securely attached to the fingers of the glove for use as above related for swimming.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which characters of reference refer to correspondin parts in the drawings.

Ileferring briefly to the drawings, igure 1 is a perspective view of my glove with the fingers spread apart.

ig. 2 is a similar view with the fingers close together.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of my glove.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a top view of one of the separable web members.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of one of the separable web members.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents the body of the glove, and 2 the fingers thereof. The glove may be made of any desirable material, such as cotton, rubber, silk, etc. Between successive pairs of fingers 2 is attached a web 3 of the same material, the same being flexible,

-so that it may fold as in Fig. 2 when the fin ers are closed together."

hus it is apparent that, since the fingers .2 may be brought as closely together as desired, at the will of the wearer, the total efiective area of the hand in swimming may be oorrespondingly'vaiiied. Therefore the speed of swimming may be varied without 0 anging the spec of motion of the arms.

In the form of glove shown in Figs. 3-6, the glove per 86, including the body 1 and fingers 2, may be used as such alone, and

the fingers thereof are provided with means whereby the Webs may be attached thereto. On each side of the three middle fingers, and on the inner side of each of the thumb and the little finger, is an extension 7 of the finger proper, in the form of a rib extending along nearly the entire length of the finger. Said rib is provided with a channel 8 substantially circular in crosssection, and a slot 9 of very small depth communicating between said channel and the outside surface of the said extension.

Eachweb 4 isprovided with side frames 6 preferably of rubber or other flexible material. These frames fit into the cylindrical channels 8, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, and a small portion of the web 4, adjacent the frames, fits into the slot 9. Thus the Web is held securely against slipping from the fingers in a direction at right angles to the ngers. In order to prevent the web from slipping off the ends of the fingers, I provide near the end of each frame 5 a lug 6 which wedges into the end of the channel 8.

Thus the latter glove is readily convertible from an ordinary glove to one suitable for swimming, and vice versa.

I claim: 1

l. A swimming glove comprising a body portion, fingers extending therefrom, flexible webs between said fingers, extensions on the sides of said fingers having grooves therein, frames on the sides of said webs adapted to fit into said grooves. ,5

2. A swimming glove comprising a body portion, fingers extending therefrom, flexible webs between said fingers, extensions on the sides of said fingers having cylindrical channels therein, slots in said extensions communicating between said channels and the outer surfaces of said extensions, said webs having frames adapted to fit into said channels, said slots adapted to receive portions of said webs adjacent to said frames, and lugs near theends of said frames adapted to wedge said frames in said channels.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this ninth day of June, A. D. 1920.

MARCEL SCHREINER. 

